My HONEST thoughts on marriage

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Lifer
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It's a phase. You'll grow out of it. Probably around the time you find true companionship.
 

Geekbabe

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You're not ready obviously to even think about getting married and that's okay,some people never are.

I'll tell you this as you age it becomes more about how you stack up as compared with peers in your age group. At 50 I'm not competiting with 20 but when hubby and I go out I look a darn sight better than a lot of the gals in our social circle.Simple aging isn't the problem,over indulgence in bad food,lack of exercise,excessive drinking,not keeping current with trends in hair,grooming,clothing trends are factors that can really make a person look bad,young or old.



Aside from the looks,I am also a valued employee,a clever,loyal,generous friend and love my husband to bits,even on his worst days. When I look into his blue eyes,everybody else just fades away
 

alkemyst

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Originally posted by: Alphathree33

I've become accustomed to dating attractive girls -- you know, thin, nice skin, nice hair. Not supermodels, but 8s and 9s.

That may be your attractive girls...qualifying the statement though makes it seem not really the true history.

Originally posted by: Alphathree33
I *DO* want the family experience. I want to be settled and have kids and be married and have all of those things. But I also KNOW for a fact that I am never *fully* satisfied unless I have a hot young woman in my life.

You are not ready for 'all those things', but if you were truly dating only hot girls; you should be able to see your own solution. It should only be a matter of finding the one that your most compatible with.

Gene Simmons non-wife Shannon Tweed is pretty hot and older. They have a family and didn't need a marriage to prove it.

Chances are you are looking through rose colored glasses and not seeing reality.
 

Chryso

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Nov 23, 2004
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As you get older your tastes will change. For example. when you were a kid you would have loved to eat candy for every meal. Would you still want to eat just candy?
 

Steve

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Aside from the looks,I am also a valued employee,a clever,loyal,generous friend and love my husband to bits,even on his worst days. When I look into his blue eyes,everybody else just fades away

He takes the sunglasses off for ya?
 

rbV5

Lifer
Dec 10, 2000
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LOL, I've been married nearly 22 years and my wife is hotter than ever. Sucks to be you
 
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Lola

Originally posted by: rbV5
LOL, I've been married nearly 22 years and my wife is hotter than ever. Sucks to be you

Rock on to you and especially to her!!! BTW, can i ask, do you have any children?
 

rbV5

Lifer
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Originally posted by: LolaWiz
Originally posted by: rbV5
LOL, I've been married nearly 22 years and my wife is hotter than ever. Sucks to be you

Rock on to you and especially to her!!! BTW, can i ask, do you have any children?

We have 3 children, our youngest is my 8 year old nephew we have been raising since he was 2, and our 2 kids ages 20 and 17.

I'd love her no matter how she looked because she is just a wonderful girl, person and partner, and she was damn cute when I married her back in '85....but I have to seriously say that she has never looked better than she does now....

and I mean the, "can't wait 'till she gets home tonight, hard to keep my hands off her, rub my old classmates faces in it at my 30 year reunion next summer" kind of hotness. Like a fine wine I guess, she keeps getting better (but I'm dropping off a bit LOL)
 

Geekbabe

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Originally posted by: sm8000
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Aside from the looks,I am also a valued employee,a clever,loyal,generous friend and love my husband to bits,even on his worst days. When I look into his blue eyes,everybody else just fades away

He takes the sunglasses off for ya?

lol,yes,he removes his sunglasses from time to time
 

deerslayer

Lifer
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I think you'll probably grow out of it. Maybe not. There's no law that says you have to get married.
 

ITJunkie

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Originally posted by: rbV5
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
Originally posted by: rbV5
LOL, I've been married nearly 22 years and my wife is hotter than ever. Sucks to be you

Rock on to you and especially to her!!! BTW, can i ask, do you have any children?

We have 3 children, our youngest is my 8 year old nephew we have been raising since he was 2, and our 2 kids ages 20 and 17.

I'd love her no matter how she looked because she is just a wonderful girl, person and partner, and she was damn cute when I married her back in '85....but I have to seriously say that she has never looked better than she does now....

and I mean the, "can't wait 'till she gets home tonight, hard to keep my hands off her, rub my old classmates faces in it at my 30 year reunion next summer" kind of hotness. Like a fine wine I guess, she keeps getting better (but I'm dropping off a bit LOL)

Sir, I couldn't have explained it any better myself!!

My wife and I have been together for...(thinking about it)...holy sh1t....27 yrs. Been married for 18 come June. Our daughter will be 18 in August and our son will be 12 in Sept.

She still knows how to rock my world!!!
 
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Lola

Originally posted by: ITJunkie
Originally posted by: rbV5
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
Originally posted by: rbV5
LOL, I've been married nearly 22 years and my wife is hotter than ever. Sucks to be you

Rock on to you and especially to her!!! BTW, can i ask, do you have any children?

We have 3 children, our youngest is my 8 year old nephew we have been raising since he was 2, and our 2 kids ages 20 and 17.

I'd love her no matter how she looked because she is just a wonderful girl, person and partner, and she was damn cute when I married her back in '85....but I have to seriously say that she has never looked better than she does now....

and I mean the, "can't wait 'till she gets home tonight, hard to keep my hands off her, rub my old classmates faces in it at my 30 year reunion next summer" kind of hotness. Like a fine wine I guess, she keeps getting better (but I'm dropping off a bit LOL)

Sir, I couldn't have explained it any better myself!!

My wife and I have been together for...(thinking about it)...holy sh1t....27 yrs. Been married for 18 come June. Our daughter will be 18 in August and our son will be 12 in Sept.

She still knows how to rock my world!!!

Ok guys since youhave been married for a while, and are still deeply in love with your wives, what is your secret(s) to that?
 

Need4Speed

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Originally posted by: Alphathree33

But there is something that I simply cannot come to terms with, and it is really shallow, but it is also the truth.

Well it might be shallow and it might be your opinion, but that doesn't automatically make it the truth.
 

IeraseU

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This reminds me of a quote, I forget by whom (someone help me):

"Damn it sir, it's your duty to get married! You can't always be living for pleasure."

Anyway, I see a lot of people pointing out the OP will get older and not as attractive also, and even asking for a picture of the OP.

So what if he will become unattractive? What if he is unattractive even now? So what? I mean it will not change the fact that even though old and/or unattractive he still wants young attractive women in their 20's.

Does being unattractive or older make it impossible for a person to find dates with attractive women in their 20's? It may be harder, but it's not impossible.
 

rbV5

Lifer
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Originally posted by: LolaWiz
Originally posted by: ITJunkie
Originally posted by: rbV5
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
Originally posted by: rbV5
LOL, I've been married nearly 22 years and my wife is hotter than ever. Sucks to be you

Rock on to you and especially to her!!! BTW, can i ask, do you have any children?

We have 3 children, our youngest is my 8 year old nephew we have been raising since he was 2, and our 2 kids ages 20 and 17.

I'd love her no matter how she looked because she is just a wonderful girl, person and partner, and she was damn cute when I married her back in '85....but I have to seriously say that she has never looked better than she does now....

and I mean the, "can't wait 'till she gets home tonight, hard to keep my hands off her, rub my old classmates faces in it at my 30 year reunion next summer" kind of hotness. Like a fine wine I guess, she keeps getting better (but I'm dropping off a bit LOL)

Sir, I couldn't have explained it any better myself!!

My wife and I have been together for...(thinking about it)...holy sh1t....27 yrs. Been married for 18 come June. Our daughter will be 18 in August and our son will be 12 in Sept.

She still knows how to rock my world!!!

Ok guys since youhave been married for a while, and are still deeply in love with your wives, what is your secret(s) to that?

*Pick well
*Know/Live your responsibilty; Mine: Make her world a happy world.
*Pick your battles; Don't sweat the small stuff....if it aint life or death....its small stuff.
*Get damn lucky.
 

alkemyst

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I think the only real secret is sticking with someone that you know is your soulmate rather than someone that you have managed to get.

To many people for whatever reason choose for comfort/status/etc and don't really look into the other person.

It can happen, but it's damn near impossible to say have 10 things you want to find in a woman and get them all. The thing is you don't want to be down to like only 4 or 5 of the things you need/want.
 

Geekbabe

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I think one thing that might help the OP is to imagine himself madly in love with a young woman... but to imagine her saying to him word for word everything he said in his first post. How would you feel OP if you were told quite cheerily that you were being dumped because you'd gotten "too old" How would/will you feel down the road when the young hottie you fall in love with tells you that you disgust her visually and turn her off sexually because you're too old?

People are not interchangable objects you don't replace somebody that you really love as if they were a broken down appliance.

I can also offer you this from experience.. when I look at my husband I see him as he is now but I also see flashes of him as he was last year,as he was on our wedding day,as he was the 1st time met. I see the whole man and that picture is very attractive.He's part of my past,my present and my future.

You are also overlooking the fact that there are other elements of sensuality.. that of smell ,of touch,of sound.Visuals are great but they aren't the whole enchilda.

If you can't get around this,I'd consider remaining single,being very straight forward with the women you date and/or considering using pro's.
 

IeraseU

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I think men as a whole are fairly experienced with rejection, especially if you are dating women that may be considered 8's or 9's. It takes being able to look into the face of rejection and probably being rejected multiple times to score a girl on that level unless you are a rock star, or extraordinarily wealthy.

On the other hand, a woman that is an 8 or a 9, has a huge selection of men at her disposal and is not quite as experienced with rejection. She may be experienced with men wanting her only on a physical level, but to be flat out turned away and told 'you're just not attractive enough' is probably not something she's regularly experiencing.
 

Willoughbyva

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I probably shouldn't say anything, but I guess I will post something. I never dated much when I was younger, and I don't date much now that I am in my late 30's. To be honest I am ugly. However I want to say something. When I was younger I wanted to date really hot women. I thought that by doing so it would give meaning to my life. Like I am someone. After a while as I got into my late 20's early 30's I started to see Women in their early 20's less attractive. Most of them wanted something I couldn't give them. Like a big house, or car or plenty of money. My life has been difficult, and I know for a fact that most women would just cut and run if I were with them. So that is what it is about for me now. Finding a woman who has morals. I am not talking about high standards like a big house or fancy car, but about being true to another. My life has been so different than most other peoples that I doubt that I will ever meet someone like that. I keep looking kind of, I don't put pressure on myself or anything. I have learned after living with myself for a while that I had my priorities all messed up. I now believe that my life is about me and what i do with my life. If I were to find someone with the right qualities then my life priorities would change a little. I don't believe in going out and just having sex all the time because someone is hot or being in the "right" place at the right time.

It used to bother me that I might die alone, but it doesn't bother me anymore. I lost my mother and father a few years ago. I realized with their sickness that we all die alone. When I would be around my parents when they were sick I would get to feeling sick too. It was just to much for me. So yes I want to die alone. I don't want others that I love to have to feel bad because I am ill. I know many or most people aren't like I am in the regard of feeling emotionally ill and passing out and stuff, but still, I don't want anyone to have to suffer on my account. I also learned that I am no longer afraid of death. I don't want to die, but it is something that we all have to face in our life. It is natural. The death of my parents was hard for me to go through. It has taken 3 years for me to be half way decent emotionally. I think I am a better person now, not better than anyone else, but a little more understanding of situations and circumstances people have to go through.

No matter what others tell you about your post, I hope that you have a good life and that in some small way that you can help others. That is all we can really do in this life. When we die, homes, money, social status means nothing. Live your life for now, because that is all we really have. Think about your future and what you want tho. May you have peace of mind and a gentle breeze to your face.

Perry

EDIT: Changed 4 years to 3 years. Also wanted to add that these are my honest thoughts on the matter of marriage and life.

Perry
 
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